Sande: TRNN - Nuclear Attack On Japan Was Opposed By American Military Leadership

Saturday, January 25, 2014

Glynn Kalara said...: Its easy to monday qtr. back history no offense to Mr. Alperwitz. From our perspective 75 yrs. later things look vastly different. Truman had to make decisions based on the realites on the ground in 1945. The Russians could have rolled to the Atlantic and nobody could have stopped them. The bomb I think probably made them think twice at a min. As for the barbarism of dropping on the Japanese, the fire bombings were worse to some extent and killed far more people. Remember even the scientists didn't have that clear a picture of the extent of the fall out and radiation involved. The 1st bomb had only been exploded 3 weeks earlier in a desert with no people near by. So, to the people that used it it was just another bigger version of what they already knew. Of course it wasn't, but again its easy to be a revisionist historian like this guy and start second guessing Roosevelt and Truman etc. It just sells books.; 3:12 PM
Jim Sande said...: I watched the clip, and it made me think about Truman more than anything, also thought about presidential power and how it usurps all else. I found the news that Truman's advisers were against it to be new, something I didn't know, but the truth is my understanding of history is very weak. On the other hand their discussion about being lied to is relevant.; 3:39 PM